During the month of August, you will see many wonderful street performers on the Royal Mile…. Many, oh so many who juggle with fire, some make it more interesting not just juggling the normal fire sticks, but with nasty weapons. This fella was juggling a axe on fire and a few machetes.
Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler
This is the Edinburgh flower clock for 2016, this has been a feature of west Princes street gardens since 1903. This year it is designed to honour Scotland’s architects
Edinburgh’s Floral Clock 2016
A sad clown, some art work at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016.
bigger album will be up soon
St Andrew Square, Art work – Edinburgh fringe 2016 – Clown
I pass the castle almost every single day, sometimes I just don’t register… she is always there.
at night, she is illuminated, sometimes she changes colour, tonight she was a bonny shade of red… here she is in all her clory
Edinburgh Castle – Red!
Night shot of the Sky Flyer Edinburgh’s Christmas attractions 2015.
Sky Flyer – Edinburgh’s Christmas 2015
Taken with a 15 second exposure, to give the corkscrew effect.
I also like the green glow at the bottom of the Scott Monument
Earlier this month a new statue was unveiled in Princes Street gardens, it was of Wojtek the Polish war bear.
Wojtek was a brown bear, which was found in Iran and adopted by the Polish army.
Wojtek – Statue in Princes Street Gardens
Wojtek was officially drafted into the Polish Army as a Private and was listed among the soldiers of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company.
Wojtek – Statue in Princes Street Gardens
Following demobilisation on 15 November 1947, Wojtek was given to Edinburgh Zoo, where he spent the rest of his life, often visited by journalists and former Polish soldiers.
In 2006 the Cow parade festival visited Edinburgh, you can still see some of the fiber-glass cows dotted around the city. This fella can be found at the corner or Lothian Road and Shandwick place. However, he has a new clothes, I can only assume he is dressed up for the Rugby World Cup!
Scottish Rugby Coo
The Scots American War Memorial, also known as The Call 1914 is located in West Princes Street Gardens. it was erected in 1927 and shows a kilted infantryman looking towards Castle Rock.
The Call 1914
An attempt at an atmospheric monochrome shot, from behind looking on to the Castle
Recently the ARC Gloria, a historic Colombian tall ship built by the nation’s navy in the 1960s was berthed in Leith.
ARC Gloria
here is a photo of ARC Gloria, on a atmospheric cloudy evening
This is the Edinburgh flower clock for 2015, this has been a feature of west Princes street gardens since 1903. it has ~ 40,000 plants, with a new theme each summer, this years theme is to celebrate Edinburgh’s 10th anniversary as the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. there is also a small cuckoo that pops out every fifteen minutes
Edinburgh flower clock 2015